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Questions Related to theories on light

Parallel beam is

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  1. produced by a source at infinity

  2. produced by a source at finite distance

  3. produced by a virtual source

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A

While moving from deep water to shallow water.

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  1. Frequency of the water waves decrease

  2. Frequency of the water waves increase

  3. Frequency of the water waves stays the same

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: C

Which of the following is a unit for intensity of light?

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  1. Candle power

  2. Lux

  3. Both A & B

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
In photometry, luminous intensity is a measure of the wavelength-weighted power emitted by a light source in a particular direction per unit solid angle, based on the luminosity function, a standardized model of the sensitivity of the human eye. The SI unit of luminous intensity is the candela (cd), an SI base unit.
Also, unit for intensity of light are:
(i) Candle Power
(ii) Lux

Which of the following statements applies to light?

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  1. Light can only be described as particles.

  2. Light can only be described as waves.

  3. Light can be described as rays, waves and particles.

  4. Light can only be described as rays.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

We can observe various phenomenon of light which cannot be explained by wave nature of light and photon nature of light some of the phenomenon are listed below:
Nature of light:                                          Phenomenon:
Ray                                                                 Reflection, Refraction
Wave                                                               Diffraction, Interference
Particle                                                  Oscillation frequency of radio waves.

Which of the following statements about the behaviour of light is not correct?

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  1. Interference patterns are evident for light behaving as rays.

  2. Ray properties of light are useful for understanding how images are formed by optical devices such as eyes.

  3. Wave properties are important for observing the behaviour of light at a fine scale.

  4. Both wave and particle theories of light can be related to the colour sensations produced by light.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Interference patterns are explained using wave nature of light. You can learn more from youtube video "Interference of light".

Newton postulated his corpuscular theory of light on the basis of

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  1. newton's rings

  2. rectilinear propagation of light

  3. colour through thin films

  4. dispersion of white light into colours

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Rectilinear propagation of light.
According to Newton’s Corpuscular Theory of Light, light consists of very tiny particles called corpuscles. These corpuscles, on emission from the source of light, travel in straight line with high velocity.

The size of corpuscles are ________ for different colours.

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  1. same

  2. different

  3. either (a) or (b)

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Different.
The corpuscles can be of different sizes. The different colors of light are due to the different sizes of the corpuscles.

According to corpuscular theory, the velocity of light in the denser medium is greater than that in rarer medium.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The corpuscles (light) would travel faster in the denser medium than in rarer medium. But later this is proved wrong. We know that light travels faster in the rarer medium than in denser medium.

Choose the Correct answer from alternative given.
The phenomena which is not explained by Huygen's construction of wavefront.

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  1. reflection

  2. diffraction

  3. refraction

  4. origin of spectra

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Huygen's construction of wavefront does not explain the phenomena of spectra.

Choose the Correct answer from alternative given.
Wavefront is the locus of all points, where the particles of the medium vibrate with the same

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  1. phase

  2. amplitude

  3. frequency

  4. period

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Wavefront is the locus of all points, where the particles of the medium vibrate with the same phase.